Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse - Paperback

by David Perez (Author)

From the Poet Laureate of San Jose, these poems salvage memories from the wreckage of the Challenger disaster, drink shots with the poltergeist haunting the local dive bar, and resurrect the wisdom in the harsh words of departed lovers.

In his debut poetry collection, Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse, David Perez takes snapshots of a world under collapse to show us the parts worth saving. His images activate a new way of seeing. The mundane is no longer insignificant- the nightmare no longer insufferable. At times, Perez is terse and pragmatic. Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse beckons us into dark corners in ways that let our eyes adjust, revealing a splendor we would have otherwise surely missed.

Author Biography

David Perez is an award-winning poet, author, and English composition professor at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. He is currently serving as the poet laureate of Santa Clara County, California. He is the author of the Write Bloody poetry collection, "Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse," the Recipient of the Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowship for Literary Art, a regular guest on NPR's Snap Judgment, and Voted 2012's "Best Author in the Bay" by SF Bay Guardian.